Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-02-17
State News Condensed,

Benz. Turner, at one time n well known
business man of Adrian died in Austin,
Texas, few days ago.
George w. Lawton OF Lawton, while
waiting at the depot for the train, was
looking over some papers and dropped
dead OF heart disease. He was late Major
of the Fourth Michigan cavalry, was once
elected judge of probate of Van Buren,
county. member OF the county bar and
a very prominent and worthy citizen. He
leaves widow and several children.
There are 466 boys in the reform school
at Lansing.
Caleb Sweetland CT Kalamazoo died in
Jacksonville, Fla, whittier he had gone for
his health
S. S. Olds of Lansing has been chosen
private secretary by United States Sena-
tor elect Stockbridge. and will remove his
family to Washington at once.
Fred Rider, working in Pratt & Pickard's
camp on the Tittabawassee river, while
rolling logs from the banking ground into
the river, got in front OF one log TO move
IL, when 1t started suddenly and carried
him over the bank to the logs below. He
lived but few minutes. Rider was %
years old and unmarried.
The no .pital department of the Soldiers
Home is located in the fourth story of the
institution, and this arrangement does not
appear TO lie entirely satisfactory. At a
IL was decided TO have plans drawn for a
building which will be separate from the
Home, TO he used as a hospital and to cost
about $4,000 An architect is preparing
the plans.
William Hamilton worked for a man
named Patterson, at Rapid River, forty
miles south of lshpeming. Patterson was
married and Hamilton lived with him.
The other afternoon Hamilton, when in q
shed adjoining the house, heard Mrs..
Patterso on scream murder" He grasped
rifle and rushed into the house, where
he saw Patterson covering his wife with a
rifle. Hamilton fired and instantly killed
Patterson.
Senator Hubbell rendered grand ban
quet to the legislative committee on the
mining school, during its recent visit to
Houghton.
The Saginaw minc near Ishpeming is to
be started up again.
II. B. Freer of Alliance, Ohio, died at the
Exchange hotel in Owosso the other day,
of paralysis.
Patrick Manly, an inmate of the soldiers
home, who corToborated the stories of in
human treatment, has been discharged.
Cedar Springs ladies are so anxious to
have that new railroad that they offer to
sell their feather beds and give the pro-
ceeds thereof to the project.
VIM. Mcfarland of Rockford, H., who
was visiting at the home of VIM. Crandall,
at Napoleon, jackson county, went to the
barn. where he shot himself through the
head and died instantly. No cause is as
signed for the act.
A donation party was held at GAINESVILLE
on the 10Th ult., aud the guests partook
freely of oysters. Within a few hours aft
er eating the oysters the entire party
was taken with vomiting and purging,
and exhibiting every symptom of poison.
hn nf nj s. .,x al
eating the matter.
Thos. McGregor was released from Jack
son prison on the 9Th inst, having served
five years sentence. He was immediate
ly re arrested by the sheriff of St. Clair
county on another charge OF burglary.
The brain OF the late Prof. Edward OIL
ney weighed sixty-one ounces. The aver
age normal weight of the human brain is
forty-nine ounces, while the majority of
intellectual men have heavier brains.
Wehster's brain weighed fifty-five ounces.
The heaviest brain on record weighed six
ty-eight ounces and was that of "A Negro
without any great amount of intelligence.
The weight of his brain was heavier owing
TO pathological conditions and doe, not
contradict the suppo,ition that n heavy
brain denotes the possession OF great in-
tellect. Sixty-One ounces was the normal
weight of Prof. Olney's brain.
Mrs. Conrad Hull aged IS years, died
QulIc Suuutuiy db OhRludW Olb1 Il lew udyS
ago, leaving four children, the eldest three
years and the youngest two weeks. She
leaves husband 20 years of age.
II. II. Corcoran stabbed VIM. Benedict
In the Toledo, Ann Arbor a. Northern
Michigan yards in Ann Arbor the Other
afternoon. The knife struck rib just be-
low the heart, saving his life. Both are
brakmen and were fooling. Corcoran was
drunk and Benedict had him down when
Cvrcoran drew his knife. Officers were
telephoned for and arrested him.
Four hundred and fifty miners in the
Champion iron mine QUIT work tho other
day because the managers refused to dis
charge two mine bosses. The mine may
be closed down for the winter IL the men
do not agree to go back soon. The condi-
ton is serious as the Champion iron com
pany owns all the buildings and real estate
In Champion and Beacon villages, and the
mine is the sole support of the places.
Ex.Mayor Platt of Niles, for over &c
years resident of the state, is dead.
A party of Chicago men have leased the
Muskegon car WORKS and will at once en-
large their facilities and to work. They
expect to employ at least lOJ hands.
John Hoover OF Blissfield is under ARE
for disturbing n Free Methodist revival.
The revivalists are making special effort
20 corral children and Hoover attempted
60 remove his family from the meeting;
hence the arrest. His examination has
been set down for the 18th. A popular
subscription is talked Of to defend him.